Toy



Feb. 9, 1932. HG. w. BLANK 1,844,713

TOY

Filed Ma'y 28, 1931 INTZNTOR GW@ www Patented Feb. 9, 1932 UNirED STA GEORGE W. BLANK, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY y "Application filed May 28, 1931. Serial No. 540,522. i

My invention relates to a new and amusing toy and has for one of its objects to provide a device of this kind which may be operated by one or both hands of `a person, such as a child, to imitate the puiiing sounds of a locomotive. i

Another object of the invention'is to provide a toy of this `kind having a whistle V mounted thereon whereby locomotive signals 1o may be imitated.

duce a toy 'consisting'of twomembers slidably mounted relative to each other and each mem ber carrying an abrasivematerial which will rub against each other. at Aintervals during reciprocation of one of the membersrelative to the other, whereby sounds in imitation of the puffs of alocomotive will be produced. t With these and other ends in view, this in-` ventionconsists in the detailsof construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then speciicallydesignated `by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand howto make and use the same, I will describe its construction in detail, referring bynumerals tothe accompanying drawingsV V forming a which:- i

`Fig. 1 is a side elevationof a toyconstructedin accordance Vwith my invention and illustrating one of the slidably mounted ret ciprocating members adjacent the extreme end of one of itsmovements.

` Fig. 2 is an end view thereof looking at the right hand endof Fig. 1.

f Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1.

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Fig 4 is a side elevation similar to that of 1G Fig.

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Fig. 5 is an end view of Fig.` 4. i In carrying out my invention as herein embodied, 6 and 7 represent two similar mem- 1, showing another form of the invenbers which are preferably oblong strips of wood or other material which is the equivalent of wood for the purpose herein shown and described.

One of the members, as 7, may have longi 59' tudinal grooves 8 in the opposite longer edges with Which register the inturned toes or iiangesv 9 of the guides 10 which are fastened to the other member, as 6, by means of suitable fastening devices 11, such as screws.` Considering the elements 10 as guides, the grooves 8 will be the guideways but of course, it is understood that any other suitabley means of slidable connecting or associating the reciprocating members in spaced relation can beutilized. i CA further object of the invention is to pro- The reciprocating movements ofthe two members longitudinally relative to each other can be limited by stops 12 consisting of some deadening material, such as rubber, placed in' the path of travel of the guides 10, or one of them, at both ends ofthe other member. `As herein illustrated, these stops are small pieces of rubber placed in the grooves or guideways 8 and held in place by tacks or nails 13 passing thronghthepieces ofrubber and projecting into the member on which they are mounted. i

On the inner face of each member is mounted a piece or strip of abrasive material 14, such as emery fcloth, sand paper or any equivalent thereof and the abrasive material on'onemember is in the path of travel of the abrasive material on the othermember and therefore are located within the space between the two members. For a purpose which will become apparent from the later description, the abrasive y materials are placed to one side of the device although they can be otherwise located when convenient so long as one is in the path of travel of the other. t i

In order that the abrasive materials may have a rubbing contact and yet may readily pass each other during the reciprocations of the members, said abrasive materials are backed up by or the said abrasive materials are disposed over cushions 15 of any suit-ableV conipressible material, such as felt, rubber, springs or equivalent means and the abrasive strips may be held in place by taclring the ends thereof to their respective members,'the tacks being indicated at 16.

So far both forms of the invention illustrated are identical with each other and therefore the same reference numerals have icc been used to indicate like parts in the drawings.

Where it is desirable to include other sound means such as a whistle, one of the members is provided with a recess 2l in which the pipe portion or body of the whistle 17 as well as a part of the bulb 18 may be located, said bulb forming a part vof the whistle in that the collapsing thereof will force air therefrom into the whistle body and produce whistling sounds.

rlhe other member, as 7, is provided with a channel 19 in its inner face which may run only a short distance although if more desirable from a manufacturing standpoint, said channel may run from end to end. rihis channel provides the necessary clearance for the whistle bulb Vwhere it is necessary that said bulb pass inside of the end of the member opposite the member Ywhich carries the Whistle.

lt might be well to state at this time thatif the two members are spaced vapart a sufiicient distance it will be unnecessary to provide the recess for the reception ofthe whistle body or provide the channel for clearance of the whistle bulb. The converse of the above is that with themembers spaced relatively as shown, the whistle and its bulb or operating meansfor the whistle can be small enough to lit'within the two members.

Vhile the toy may be held in the hands and one member gripped by each hand and then slid back and forth or reeiprocated, it is even more convenient to rest the toy upon a supporting surface, such as a table or desir or even the floor and then by the use of one hand move only one member. ln such-a case, it is advisable to provide means to prevent the toy from slipping` about and to this end l place friction strips 2O on the outside surface or bot-tom of one of the members, as 7 and these friction strips or elements may be corrugated or otherwise roughened material or some kind of material that will produce a drag7 or la slight suction on a supporting object.

The construction, arrangement or locationV of the parts relative to each other must be such that the abrasive materials will contact with each other and then pass beyond one another at or near the end of each movement of the members, in other words, there is a Eperiod when the two abrasive elements producea scraping or pulling sound and another period directly thereafter wh-en there is nosound so that there is a period of silence between two periods of sound.

It might be said that when the device or toy is properly operated for producing soundsin imitation of locomotive puffs, the members, or one of them, are reciprocated so that thevabrasive materia-ls contact with and pass each other during each movement thereby producing rperiods of sound between altersignals may be shown on one of the surfaces.

vOf course, I do not wish to be limited to 'the exact details of construction herein shown and described as these may be varied wit-hin the limits of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, TWhat I claim as new and useful is l. A toy consisting of two members slidably mounted in spaced relation to each other and abrasive materials on the inner surfaces of said members for contact with each other, the contacting portions being of less length than the lengths of the movements of the members relative to each other whereby the full reciprocations of said members will produce ay period of sound between alternate periods of silence.

2. The structure set forth in claim l, in combination with means for cushioning the abrasive materials.

A toy consisting of two members slidably mounted in spaced relation to each other and an abrasive material on the inner surface of each member of less length than the member and located midway between the ends thereof.

4. A toy consisting of two slidably connected members and abrasive materials on the inner faces of said members for Contact with each other as they pass by one another, the combined lengths of the contact surfaces of said abrasive materials being less than the length of either of the members. i

The structure set forth in claim 4, in combination with cushions mounted between the abrasive materials and their respective members. Y

6. A toy consisting of two similar oblongl members, means for slidably connecting said members together in spaced relations, an abrasive material on the inner surface of each member for contact with one another lduring certain periods of the reciprocations of the members, means to limit the reciprocating movements of the members and friction material on the outer surface of one of said members.

In testimony whereof, l have hereunto afiXed my signature.

GEORGE YW. BLANK. 

